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{"value"=>"Sc MIRS Olugebefola 1993-98", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"circa 1970s-2001", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1970/2001", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
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{"value"=>"Ademola Olugebefola audio and moving image collection"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"23 audio_recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"19 moving_image_recordings", "unit"=>"moving_image_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Ademola Olugebefola (b. October 2, 1941-) is a multidisciplinary visual artist, designer, educator, and businessman. The collection consists of twenty-three audio recordings and nineteen videos chronicling his career."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"Olugebefola, Ademola", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Ademola Olugebefola (b. October 2, 1941-) is a multidisciplinary visual artist, designer, educator, and businessman. Born in Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Olugebefola moved to New York City with his family at age four. He received an AA from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1961, and began studying printmaking at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop in 1968. Olugebefola was a prominent figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. His diverse art practice includes drawing, graphic design, illustration, painting, printmaking, mural, sculpture, and theater set design, among other artistic forms.</p> <p>Primarily a visual artist, he has worked in all areas of the arts, including as a singer and musician. Early in his career he was a jazz bassist and joined Pomusicart, a pioneering cultural workshop dedicated to the fusion of poetry, music, and art. Olugebefola's design talents and interests extend to the performing arts where he has been a stage manager, production director, and set and costume designer for a variety of theatrical and film productions. Between 1969 to 1972, he was a consultant to Barbara Ann Teer, director of the National Black Theatre, and worked with other theater organizations. Olugebefola's work has been featured nationally and internationally in numerous exhibitions at cultural institutions, galleries, museums, and universities, including at the Dallas Museum of Art; the Studio Museum in Harlem; and the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture in Lagos, Nigeria. His work is held in several public and private collections, including at the Schomburg Center, as well as the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts.</p> <p>Olugebefola was a founder of the Weusi Artist Collective (\"Weusi\" being a Swahili word for Black people), an organization of African American artists established in Harlem, New York City, in 1965. The collective was devoted to raising the cultural awareness of the African American community and advocated \"Black Art, Black Brotherhood, and Black Unity.\" In 1967, members Abdullah Aziz, G. Falcon Beazer, Taiwo DuVall, Rudy Irvin, and Otto Neals founded the Nyumba Ya Sanaa (Swahili for \"House of Art\") Gallery in Harlem. In the early 1970s, the gallery, renamed Weusi Nyumba Ya Sanaa, was expanded and again renamed the Weusi Nyumba Ya Sanaa Academy of Fine Arts and Studies, with Olugebefola serving as the first director of the education department. The organization was a major driving force behind the development, production, and dissemination of Black art in the US in the 1960s and 1970s.</p> <p>In 1980, Olugebefola and his wife, photographer Pat Davis, formed Solar Associates, a firm specializing in advertising, public relations, and production. They later established Grinnell Gallery, an art gallery and multi-purpose space. In 1989, the two ventures merged to form Grinnell Galleries Collections. Additionally, Olugebefola co-founded the Dwyer Cultural Center in Harlem, which opened in 2009.</p> <p>Olugebefola has been a frequent lecturer and panelist across the country. He has taught at schools, universities, and New York City community-based organizations. He has also served as consultant to several cultural, civic, and business organizations including the Harlem Cultural Council. He has held board positions with various organizations including the New York Arts Consortium; and the National Conference of Artists (NCA), the oldest and largest national organization of Black artists in the US. He was vice president of NCA from 1973 to 1977 and acting chairman of the New York region. Olugebefola was a consultant to the Robert Gumbs (Colbob) publishing company and in 1988 became a partner, together with his two brothers, forming Gumbs & Thomas Publishers, Inc. The company issues books, posters, and greeting cards, among other items</p> <p>Olugebefola continues to play an active role in the Harlem community, and in the larger national and international artistic community.</p> <p>For additional information on Ademola Olugebefola and his career, see the finding aid for the Ademola Olgebefola papers, Sc Micro R-6653.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of twenty-three audio recordings and nineteen videos chronicling Olugebefola's career as an artist, educator, and businessman; and items related to his personal life and interests, dating from circa 1970s to 2001. Many of the audio items' original formats are cassettes and contain two parts. Square brackets indicate unclear names or spellings.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Ademola Olugebefola audio and moving image collection is arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/188101#c1835366'>SERIES I: WORKS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>circa 1970-1998</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>This series contains twelve audio recordings and nine videos related to Olugebefola's professional activities as an artist, educator, and businessman. They are dated from circa 1970 to 1998, and arranged chronologically. The recordings consist of art exhibitions and events featuring Olugebefola's artworks and other artists, including at the Grinnell Gallery; lectures and talks by Olugebefola; National Conference of Artists, Inc. meetings; professional opportunities for a fashion show and book project; a 1989 documentary on the exhibition <span class=\"title\">Black Art-Ancestral Legacy: The African Impulse in African-American Art</span>; and the television program <span class=\"title\">Harlem in the 60s</span>. One item includes a personal recording of Olugebefola receiving an astrological birth chart reading. Unless otherwise stated, Olugebefola appears on the recordings.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/188101#c1835389'>SERIES II: INTERVIEWS</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1973-2001</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains five audio recordings and eight videos of interviews with Olugebefola about his life and art, dating from 1973 to 2001. They are arranged chronologically. Interviews consist of radio programs <span class=\"title\">Black Ethics and Expressions</span>; <span class=\"title\">Conversations</span>; <span class=\"title\">Dialogue</span>; <span class=\"title\">Metro Magazine</span>; and the <span class=\"title\">Sheila Franklin Show</span>, and television programs <span class=\"title\">Community Roundtable In-Vision</span>; <span class=\"title\">Growing with Grace: African-Americans on the Move</span>; <span class=\"title\">Jump TV</span>; <span class=\"title\">NBC New York</span>; <span class=\"title\">Travel Tips with Jon Haggins</span>; and <span class=\"title\">Uptown Beat</span>. The series also includes interviews conducted at the Chi Gallery, Oakland, California; and in the short film <span class=\"title\">The Life and Works of Ademola Olugebefola</span>.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scl/188101#c1835403'>SERIES III: PERSONAL RECORDINGS AND COLLECTED MEDIA</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>circa 1969-1999</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The series contains six audio recordings and two videos including personal recordings and collected media by Olugebefola, dating from circa 1969 to 1999. They are arranged alphabetically by title. Personal recordings consist of Olugebefola's aunt's eightieth birthday party and a family reunion in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; and a speech recorded for his wife Pat Davis. Collected media consists of music; the documentary <span class=\"title\">Lasting Impressions</span> about Robert Blackburn and his namesake printmaking workshop; portion of the documentary <span class=\"title\">Flyers in Search of a Dream</span> about African American pioneer aviators; and a talk on Black artists and acquisitions. Unless otherwise stated Olugebefola does not appear in the recordings.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Ademola Olugebefola and Pat Davis, 1993-2006.</p>"}
- separatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>See the Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division for the Ademola Olugebefola papers, Sc Micro R-6653; and the Ademola Olugebefola papers (additions), Sc MG 500.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>See the Photographs and Prints Division for the photographs.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>See the Art and Artifacts Division for artworks by Ademola Olugebefola and other relevant ephemera; as well as the Schomburg Artist Files, Sc Artist Files, for his artist file.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>See the Jean Blackwell Hutson Division for books by and featuring the work of Ademola Olugebefola.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Collection inventoried by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span> and <span class=\"name\">Stacey Doyle Ference</span>. Collection processed and described by <span class=\"name\">Ornella U. Baganizi</span>, archivist. Finding aid published in <span class=\"date\">2025</span>.</p>"}
- sponsor
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{"value"=>"An anonymous donor funded preliminary processing for this collection. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supported a research library-wide grant for the digitization, and funded the Schomburg for the description and production of the finding aid as part of The Next Century of Black Studies Project."}
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1970
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1970
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2001
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1970
- date_inclusive_end
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2001
- extent_statement
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23 audio_recordings. 19 moving_image_recordings
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Ademola Olugebefola audio and moving image collection, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division, The New York Public Library"}